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Mike Crawley

By suddenly declaring a deal on Greenland, Trump demolished his case for owning it

U.S. president's capitulation, along with contradictions in his Davos speech, revealed holes in his arguments. In a whiplash-inducing U-turn, U.S. President Donald Trump suddenly dropped his insistence on taking control of Greenland, mere hours after laying out at great length his rationale for ownership of the Arctic island. For weeks, Trump stuck firmly to a take-it-or-leave-it position on Greenland, insisting...

Stephanie Taylor

After Carney's Davos speech, Conservatives ponder how Poilievre can meet the foreign policy moment

It’s weeks into a new year and U.S. President Donald Trump is everywhere, again. Not just everywhere, but on stage at a gathering of world elites, where he reinforced to the crowd of political leaders and the investor class that had descended on the Swiss town of Davos of his desires to make Greenland his own.

Dorcas Marfo

‘Best speech by a world leader ... in a very long time’: Carney’s Davos address draws global attention

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s keynote address at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos has sparked widespread international coverage as global news organizations weigh the future amid rising geopolitical tensions. PM Carney stated in his speech that the old world order — the “rules-based international order” — is not coming back and urged middle powers to band together to build...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Trump says Carney is not 'grateful' in Davos speech

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Mark Carney is not "grateful" after the prime minister warned an international audience that the world has entered a dangerous new age of great power rivalries. During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said he heard Carney's Tuesday speech, which was widely praised around the world. The president...

Chris Fox

‘It is unacceptable:’ Doug Ford slams Trump over latest comments about Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that U.S. President Donald Trump “remains relentless in his campaign to create a more unstable, unsafe and uncertain world.” Ford made the comment during a news conference alongside auto sector leaders at Queen’s Park on Wednesday morning. The comment comes after Trump delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he reiterated...

Polls

Nik Nanos

Liberals 39, Conservatives 35, NDP 12 – Jobs/the economy, Trump/US relations and inflation round out top national issues of concern of Canadians.

Concern about US president Trump is up although still trails jobs/the economy as the top national issue of concern. The Liberals have a marginal advantage over the Conservatives but Carney leads Poilievre by 26 percentage points when Canadians are asked who they would prefer as PM.

David Valentin

Majority of Canadians Oppose U.S. Military Action in Venezuela

On the one-year anniversary of the second inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, a new national survey from Liaison Strategies reveals that a significant majority of Canadians are opposed to U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. 64% of respondents oppose the United States using military force to remove Nicolás Maduro from power, while only 32% support such action. "As the world...

Opinion

Althia Raj

For Mark Carney, the cost of doing business is a price he’s willing to pay

Prime Minister Mark Carney sought to insulate himself from criticism in a speech to the World Economic Forum this week, that was praised for being cleared eyed about the shifting world order, but that also signalled a shift away from an era of principled foreign policy.

Bob Rae

New Rules: Mark Carney Just Changed the Global Conversation

Prime Minister Mark Carney chose the Davos World Economic Forum as the moment to deliver a speech that will now define the response of the world to the erratic excesses of the “hegemons” — the big powers who guided the establishment of the United Nations in 1945 and all the other key elements of the “rules-based order” we have been...

News

Alex Nino Gheciu

Federal Court sets aside TikTok Canada shutdown order

TikTok will live to scroll another day in Canada. A Federal Court judge has set aside a government order for the social media company to wind down operations in Canada, meaning it can keep running its offices here while the industry minister takes another look at the file. In 2024, the Liberal government ordered TikTok to close its Canadian offices...

Sean Boynton

Trump announces Greenland ‘framework’ with NATO for ‘a future deal’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he had reached a “framework” with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte for “a future deal with respect to Greenland” and “the entire Arctic region.” Trump added he would no longer impose threatened tariffs on eight European nations over their support for the Danish territory next month as part of the deal framework, which he...

Politician's Pen

Michelle Rempel Garner

Havel would have demanded more from Mark Carney. Canadians should too.

Today Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum which rightly named the hard realities of a fractured geopolitical system, and the urgent need for middle powers like Canada to step up with resolve and realism.

Naheed Nenshi

The threat to our nation is very real

A question I keep hearing from folks across Canada is pretty simple: “What the heck is going on in Alberta?” It’s a fair question. The Alberta government, whether through incompetence or malice, is dismantling public services, trampling on human rights, and threatening the very future of the country. Two factors in particular -- the rise of Alberta separatism and the...

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Michael Ignatieff

When the Sun King goes to Davos - Or is it the mafia don?

Louis XIV, the Sun King. What if, in the ruins of the liberal international order, the world is spiraling back, not to the fascist 1930’s, not to the gunboat imperialism of the late 19th century, but all the way back to the rule of warrior princes and their predatory cliques in early modern Europe? That’s where two American political scientists...

Andrew Coyne

No, Canada is not selling out to Beijing

Well, that got their attention. Since the Prime Minister’s visit to China, the American media – and social media – have been filled with expressions of shock and amazement. For critics of Donald Trump, it was payback for his bullying and abusive treatment of America’s nearest neighbour and historic ally. For the President’s supporters, it was a sign of Canadian...

Lorrie Goldstein

Mark Carney will inevitably be judged by his own words

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a good speech at the World Economic Forum, but the PM himself said in May that Canadians will judge his leadership “by their experience at the grocery store, when they are paying their electricity bill, when they or their children are looking for a place to live.”

John Ivison

Carney risks wrath of Washington in Davos address

One of the most sage voices on social media in these nebulous days is that of Polish academic Slawomir Debski. To those lamenting that NATO is dead as a result of Donald Trump’s intrigues over Greenland, and the imposition of tariffs on allies that deployed troops to Greenland, he pointed out that the alliance has survived worse. He cited the...

Sharan Kaur

Carney’s Davos speech marks an end to Canada’s era of American subordination

For months, Mark Carney’s critics have dismissed him as bloodless; a central banker fluent in basis points but deaf to the anxieties of the average Canadian; a technocrat who lives in spreadsheets rather than the hearts of voters. But on Tuesday, on the world stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Carney demonstrated that what his opposition views as...

Campbell Clark

Carney calls for resistance in a world of ravenous powers

Mark Carney’s stark warnings are by now central to his politics. In April, he told Canadians the old relationship was over. For many months, he has been saying that the world is in a period of “rupture, not transition.” On Tuesday, he pointed to the danger of a new world of rapacious great powers and called for middle powers to...

Max Fawcett

Mark Carney just shook up the world

For all of its great prime ministers, Canada has never had one who was known for their ability to deliver stirring speeches, much less ones with global import and impact. In a remarkable 16-minute-long speech delivered in front of the world’s most powerful political and business leaders in Davos, Mark Carney just changed that. It will almost certainly go down...

Merran Smith, Bruce Anderson

Canadians want to accelerate our competitiveness – and our path to a cleaner economy. We can. Here ’ s how

Robyn Urback

On our sovereignty, Canada must assume Trump will pursue the riskiest, dumbest path possible

While you were sleeping – and when he should have been – the President of the United States posted an image of a doctored map of the U.S. that included Greenland, Venezuela and Canada. It was the type of thing that your great uncle, having just discovered AI, posts while sitting in his underwear at 1 a.m., after his wife...

Don Newman

The Carney Doctrine

In Davos on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered the most important foreign policy speech by a Canadian politician since Lester Pearson proposed the first United Nations Peacekeeping force at the UN in November of 1956. Seventy years ago, Pearson proposed a formula for bringing the Suez crisis between Egypt, France and Great Britain to an end. It won him...

Campbell Clark

Carney’s China deal isn’t a sign of confidence in Canada’s auto sector

Whatever you think of the wisdom of Mark Carney’s trade deal with China, it’s not a big vote of confidence for the future of Canada’s auto industry. At least, not the auto industry we have known. It was a move to jump-start trade with the world’s second-largest economy, opening the big Chinese market to Canadian canola, peas and seafood. Yet...

Supriya Dwivedi

Trump will use the Greenland argument to grab Canada's Northwest Passage

Back when I was in law school there were two second-year classes taught by a beloved professor that basically every student wanted to get into. One focused on international armed conflict and the other focused on maritime law. The international armed conflict class came with a much heavier reading list, so along with a few friends of mine, we opted...

Tasha Kheiriddin

Carney must show force in the Arctic to ward off Trump's designs

If there was any doubt that U.S. President Donald Trump is operating outside all norms of law and common sense, he put it to rest this week with a letter to the prime minister of Norway. “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation...

Susan Delacourt

Mark Carney should be skeptical of Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

Canada will be marking the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, like many other nations, wondering where this country fits in the president’s wildly escalating ambitions on the world stage. Trump’s threats to take over Greenland are forcing Canada to consider sending troops to the Arctic island, while Prime Minister Mark Carney is simultaneously weighing what it will mean...

Philippe J. Fournier

Most Quebecers Oppose Sovereignty. Even More Reject Another Referendum

QUEBEC POLLS IN RECENT years—decades, even—have consistently shown that if a referendum on sovereignty were held today, a clear majority of voters would vote against it.

Lisa Van Dusen

Carney at Davos: ‘The Old Order is Dead’… Long Live What, Exactly?

In Davos on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney made a triumphant return to the Glastonbury of his people. After two decades of belonging to the global financial élite that gathers to solve the problems of the world (and sometimes has) in the Swiss Alps once a year, Carney returned to the World Economic Forum as a member of that most...

John Ivison

MAGA has its sights on Alberta

Steve Bannon is in the ratings business these days, so he can say outrageous things with impunity. On his influential War Room podcast last week, he talked about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “kowtowing” visit to China and said: “Let me be blunt, you are playing with fire. You will rue the day you did that. President (Donald) Trump is not...

Andrew Phillips

There’s a reason Pierre Poilievre’s critiques of Mark Carney keep falling flat. He’s stuck in 2024

Memo to Canada’s Official Opposition: it’s not 2024 anymore. It’s understandable why the Conservatives can’t drag themselves away from the world of 13 months ago. It was a great time for them as they counted down the days until they’d stride back into power over the bloody corpse of the Liberal party. Or so it seemed at the time...

Éric-Antoine Ménard

Can Someone Pull a Carney and Save the CAQ?

Fen Osler Hampson

Canada must stand with Europe in its defence of Greenland if we know what’s good for us

NATO is facing one of its gravest internal crises since its founding, and Canada is facing its own moment of truth. President Donald Trump’s demand that Denmark hand over Greenland to the United States goes far beyond his late-night posts on Truth Social. It is a deadly serious attempt by the alliance’s dominant power to carve up the territory of...

Campbell Clark

Mad King Trump would break the world to gain Greenland

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he is “concerned” about the escalation. It was a calm word for this particular bout of Donald Trump’s insanity. The President of the United States insists he will take Greenland from Denmark – and the European Union – and now says that he will use heavy tariffs to try to coerce allies into handing over...

Kevin Lynch, Paul Deegan

Welcome to Davos 2026: High-Altitude Damage Control in a Risky World

The 2026 edition of Davos that begins Monday will be notable for the 11th-hour exit of its founder, Klaus Schwab, and the subsequent, dominance-marking presence of President Donald Trump and the largest U.S. delegation to ever attend the World Economic Forum. The Swiss must be praying that Trump doesn’t decide that its luxury goods industries, exclusive resorts and prime geographical...

Lisa Van Dusen

Trump, China and the Invariable Geometry of the New World Order

As Donald Trump prepares to invade Davos as a possible prelude to invading Greenland, the world is reeling from a 2026 already fraught with previously unimaginable headlines. This escalated Trumpian assault on reality — complete with a tariff-coercion twist — has produced a range of responses, including from Canada. In his meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on January 15th...

Bob Rae

Declaration in Defence of Canada and other states facing aggression

Canadian Declaration of Resistance in Defence of Sovereignty, Democracy, and Human Rights 1. We commit to defending the territorial integrity and democracy of our country, Canada, and to face any and all economic, physical or other attack from countries or forces pursuing aggressive aims, or threats to pursue such attack, with determination and devotion to our country. This commitment includes...

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Catherine Morrison

Carney to meet with cabinet in Quebec City before Parliament resumes

Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Quebec City on Thursday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet before Parliament resumes next week. In a news release the Prime Minister's Office says the two days of meetings will focus on the economy, affordability and security. The news release says cabinet ministers and secretaries of state will discuss progress...

David Baxter

Carney's speech to World Economic Forum draws praise, calls for action

Prime Minister Mark Carney's call at the World Economic Forum for middle powers to band together against economic coercion by "great powers" is drawing both praise and pushback. The speech drew a rebuke today from U.S. President Donald Trump, who said in his own speech at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland, that Canada "should be grateful" to the United States...

Steve Kopack

E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat

The European Union's legislative body on Wednesday halted work on the formal approval and implementation of the trade deal it reached last summer with President Donald Trump. "Given the continued and escalating threats, including tariff threats, against Greenland and Denmark, and their European allies, we have been left with no alternative but to suspend work" on the deal, said Bernd...

Philippe J. Fournier

Poilievre’s Numbers Slip as Leadership Review Nears

Party support remains (mostly) stable, but new polling shows a deterioration in the Conservative leader’s personal standing.

Uday Rana

‘That’s our territory,’ Trump says as he vows again to acquire Greenland

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed again to seize Greenland, calling the semiautonomous territory of Denmark “our territory” while addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need it for strategic national security and international security. This enormous unsecured island is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere,” Trump said.

Jorge Barrera

Greenlanders looking for Canadian support amid U.S. threats, Governor General says

Mary Simon, a former ambassador to Denmark, says people are nervous about talk of annexation. The people of Greenland are hoping Canada has their back as they continue to face threats of annexation from the U.S., says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon. Simon, a former ambassador to Denmark and Canada’s first ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs, says she has spoken with Greenlanders...

Judy Trinh

Canada-China deal on canola limited by anti-dumping steel tariffs: agriculture minister

Canada’s reluctance to lift more anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel may have blocked Prime Minister Mark Carney from negotiating a deal on canola tariffs beyond the end of 2026 during last week’s trip to China, according to his agriculture minister. As part of a new deal inked during Carney’s visit, Beijing secured a five-year agreement which gives China access to...

Anja Karadeglija

Critics, pollsters warn Canadians are wary of AI, want government to set guardrails

The federal government is set to launch its new national artificial intelligence strategy soon -- but critics say it hasn't done enough to listen to Canadians and pollsters are warning that a skeptical public wants the government to put rules in place. "We see more of an inclination to want government to be a regulator of AI, to create the...

Neil Moss

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente

More than three years ago, Ottawa remapped its engagement in Asia as it declared China an “increasingly disruptive global power,” but after Canada struck a recent trade deal with Beijing, the future of the Indo-Pacific strategy is up in the air. The deal in question paves the way for up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles to enter the Canadian market...

Kyle Duggan

Trade minister calls for expanded engagement with India ahead of Carney's visit

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu called Wednesday for expanded trade with India as the two countries prepare to start trade negotiations. Sidhu said India is "destined to be the third-largest economy in the world" and is the next major target in Carney's push to diversify trade.

Jim Bronskill

Cyberspy agency breached law by directing actions at Canadian: watchdog report

The national intelligence watchdog says Canada's cyberspy agency violated a law that forbids it from focusing on Canadians when it analyzed information from an electronic device. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency details the lapse in a newly released report that looked at how the Communications Security Establishment and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service work together. The CSE uses...

Catherine Morrison

Watchdog says funding needed to avoid the 'collapse' of whistle-blowing

Canada's integrity watchdog has issued an urgent funding request to the federal government warning the "whistle-blowing regime" is at risk. Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Harriet Solloway sent a letter to Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali last week asking for a one-time injection of $6.7 million and around $14.3 million in additional funding per year. Solloway said the funds...

Kyle Duggan

Carney heads home after trips to Davos, China, Qatar focused on non-U.S. trade

Prime Minister Mark Carney headed home Wednesday from his nine-day trip around the world -- a tour aimed at drumming up investment abroad that has attracted some cross-partisan criticism. Carney left for Ottawa from Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic Forum and delivered a widely praised speech warning that middle powers must band together as larger ones try to...

Kelsea Arnett

Canadian beef returning to Chinese markets for first time since 2021

China has lifted its years-long ban on Canadian beef exports — a move industry officials hope will contribute to the sector’s growth and support future market diversification. Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald announced the ban’s removal Tuesday, following a recent trip to Beijing, adding he’s aware of a Canadian company shipping its first load of beef to China next week...

Merran Smith, Bruce Anderson

Canadians want to accelerate our competitiveness – and our path to a cleaner economy. We can. Here ’ s how

The world heading into 2026 looks very different from a decade ago. New geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions, and surging energy demand — driven in part by AI and other energy-intensive industries — have countries scrambling to secure supply chains and shore up energy security. And while fossil fuels remain in that mix, the larger story is the rapid acceleration of...

Ian Bickis

Canada EV deal with China boosts investment potential but U.S. access question looms

The trade deal between Canada and China has experts saying it could lead to Chinese electric vehicle firms producing vehicles in Canada, but much depends on the trade talks ahead with the United States. Critics including Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Unifor leader Lana Payne panned the deal as an attack on workers and Canadian manufacturing, while Prime Minister Mark...

The Canadian Press

Agriculture minister says first exports of canola seed and beef soon going to China

Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs. MacDonald says a Chinese importer has ordered 60,000 metric tons of canola seed and he's aware of a Canadian company shipping its first load of beef to China next week. It's expected be the...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Carney takes cautious approach to Trump's invitation to join 'Board of Peace'

Prime Minister Mark Carney is sounding a cautious note on his invitation to take part in U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" -- even as other leaders balk at the hefty price tag and the list of countries Trump has invited to participate. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday, Carney said there are still many...

Uday Rana

Canada ‘strongly opposes’ tariffs over Greenland, won’t waver on Article 5

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada “strongly opposes” tariffs on countries opposing U.S. annexation of Greenland and that Canada’s commitment to the principle of collective defence — Article 5 — of the military alliance NATO is “unwavering.” “On Arctic sovereignty, we stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland’s future. Our commitment to...

John Paul Tasker

'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos

Prime Minister Mark Carney says great powers are using 'economic integration as weapons.' Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based international order is over and middle powers like Canada must pivot to avoiding falling prey to further...

Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry make appearance at World Economic Forum

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke about the importance of soft power in geopolitics today at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He was joined by his partner and pop star Katy Perry, who sat in the front row, giving a warm smile when Trudeau talked about Canada not meddling in other states’ affairs to take oil.

Finance minister says Canada will not pay $1B US if it joins Trump's 'Board of Peace'

Carney earlier said he agreed in principle to join but details have not been finalized. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday that Ottawa does not plan to pay the $1-billion US price tag for a permanent seat on U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" that will oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza. "There [are] a lot of...

Bill Curry

Transport Canada aims to eliminate 600 jobs, deputy minister says in e-mail to staff

Transport Canada’s deputy minister informed staff Monday that the department is aiming to cut 600 jobs as part of its contribution to a government-wide effort to shrink the size of the federal public service. Deputy minister Arun Thangaraj and associate deputy minister Brigitte Diogo said about 1,500 employees, including executives, will be receiving letters informing them that their positions may...

Robert Fife, Gavin John

Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion

Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual. The Canadian Armed Forces have modelled a hypothetical U.S. military invasion of Canada and the country’s potential response, which includes tactics similar to those employed against Russia and later U.S.-led forces in...

Davis Legree

Warming Canada-China relations shouldn’t extend to Huawei ban, say security experts, parliamentarians

As thawing bilateral relations between Canada and China produce new trading partnerships on electric-vehicles and agricultural products, it would “not be wise” for Prime Minister Mark Carney to revisit the government’s 5G ban on the Chinese telecoms firm Huawei, according to former Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Ward Elcock.

Mark Ramzy

Toronto police refusing to help with Carney government’s gun buyback, minister says

The Toronto police force has refused to help the Carney government with its looming gun buyback program, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree revealed Monday, as the Liberals prepare to rely on mobile collection units across Ontario for the plan. In an interview with the Star following a weekend launch of the national program, Anandasangaree, a Scarborough MP, said the Toronto...

Trump threatens 200% tariff on French wine over Macron's refusal to join 'Board of Peace'

US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wines and Champagnes on Monday evening, a measure he said was intended to convince his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to join his "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving global conflicts.

Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's starting treatment for cancer

Former federal justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she will be starting treatment for breast cancer. In a post on social media, Wilson-Raybould said the treatment comes following recent surgery. "While this is scary and unsettling, I take strength from the many of you who have shared your stories of resilience & healing with me over the years," Wilson-Raybould said.

Matt Malone

Whistleblowing reports skyrocket, and so do reprisals

Formal disclosures of suspected wrongdoing made under Canada’s whistleblowing legislation climbed from 247 submissions in 2020-21 to 626 last year, according to official reports. Allegations of reprisal for making protected disclosures also rose from 46 to 89 during the same period. Both numbers are the highest on record since the implementation of Canada’s main whistleblowing law twenty years ago.

Sidhartha Banerjee

Quebec's finance minister says Ontario's Crown Royal whisky ban is misguided

Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from government-owned liquor stores, saying now is not the time to further disrupt Canadian supply chains. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has said the Crown Royal boycott, which he intends to launch next month, is in retaliation for parent...

US Poli

Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

Federal judge says Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in Virginia is 'masquerading' in the job

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two judges in Virginia are rejecting Trump administration arguments that a White House loyalist can continue serving as a top federal prosecutor in the state, with one on Tuesday soliciting applications for a replacement and the other prohibiting Lindsey Halligan from continuing to represent herself in his court as a United States attorney.

Thomas Beaumont And Bill Barrow, The Associated Press

After Trump endorsement, Rep. Julia Letlow launches primary against Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana

Fresh off an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Rep. Julia Letlow of Louisiana is launching a U.S. Senate bid against fellow Republican and second-term Sen. Bill Cassidy.

Aamer Madhani, Geir Moulson And Emma Burrows, The Associated Press

Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize

NUUK, Greenland (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year's decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway's prime minister that he no longer felt "an obligation to think purely of Peace," in a text message released Monday.

Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press

Trump's voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permission

NEW YORK (AP) -- What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video.

International

Mike Crawley

By suddenly declaring a deal on Greenland, Trump demolished his case for owning it

David Baxter

Carney's speech to World Economic Forum draws praise, calls for action

Steve Kopack

E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat

Jorge Barrera

Greenlanders looking for Canadian support amid U.S. threats, Governor General says

Dorcas Marfo

‘Best speech by a world leader ... in a very long time’: Carney’s Davos address draws global attention

Think Tank

Vina Nadjibulla

What Carney’s China Trip Really Signalled

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China will stand as one of the most consequential moments in Canada’s foreign policy. It not only reframed Canada’s relationship with China but also signalled a fundamentally new approach to how Ottawa intends to navigate a more fragmented, contested and uncertain world. On the bilateral front, the trip produced three tangible outcomes: a new...

Stuart Trew

Carney’s China reset and the CUSMA review

Prime Minister Carney can be pleased with the results of his first official visit to China. Through a temporary trade truce, and a list of political, economic and cultural MOUs, the federal government has effectively reset relations with China to where they were in 2016, before the arrest of Meng Wanzhou at the request of the first Trump administration. The...

Vina Nadjibulla

Five Things to Watch During Prime Minister Carney’s High-Stakes Visit to China

Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Beijing from January 13 to 17, marking the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to China since 2017. The trip comes amid mounting economic and political pressure from the Trump administration and reflects the Carney government’s stated objective to diversify Canada’s economic partnerships and double non-U.S. trade over the next decade. At...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Dean Beeby

Library and Archives waives access-to-info fee

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) gets a lot of flak for its processing of Access to Information Act (ATIA) requests, especially for its long delays to respond. But lately they’ve been doing a few things right.

Steven Staples

New submarines may have "unCanadian" weapons

A thorough media scan reveals practically no discussion about this important escalation, which would put Canada among only a few Western navies (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) that operate submarine-launched land-attack weapons.

Alex Cool-Fergus

If you're not watching what's happening in Québec you're losing the plot

You may want to dust off your Bescherelles, Canadian politicos: the battle for the future of Québec is where things are going to happen in 2026. In case you missed it, today the new leader of the Québec Liberal Party, Pablo Rodriguez, announced his resignation. His resignation was precipitated by a terrible, scandalous month for the QLP — one that...

Podcasts

The Day After The Carney Speech

We start today with a few thoughts about yesterday's Davos speech by Prime Minister Carney -- its had, for the most part, a very positive reaction from around the world. This though, is our usual Wednesday special, this week an end bits special.

It's a new dawn, it's a new day: Carney turns the page on world order

It was a standing ovation in Davos. Prime Minister Mark Carney sparking inspiration while signifying the death of what once was in the world of international relations. Urging countries to form new alliances and leave the way things used to be in the past, as we tread forward in an era with new rules and less boundaries - specifically within...

Moore-Butts: Is Trump's America Any Different Than Germany in the Mid-Thirties?

Calling Trump a "fascist" or a "Nazi" has become far more commonplace in the past few months given ICE, Venezuela and Greenland. But is it correct? That's the question for the opening segment of the latest Moore Butts conversation with former Stephen Harper cabinet minister James Moore and former senior aide to Justin Trudeau, Gerald Butts.

Is Europe ready for the Greenland fight?

In a provocative speech to the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney made the case that the rules of international economics and politics are “in the midst of a rupture, not a transition”.